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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND MORNING POST FRIDAY MARCH 23 1945 3 MR WILLINK IS GUARDED ON BUILDING PROSPECTS of Leon of Mhor of Life (18th tliout) The Hon l)IO ELECTION TALKS FROM ABROAD enemy i tents ILL IT be MR EDEN LEADS DELEGATES TO SAN FRANCISCO VANSITTART OCU DL'" LLJ jqnES of CONTENTION PimtTLT TO BAN SAYS COMMITTEE lUOnr rol I I olKI An unexpected difficulty finding means to implement the recommendations of the Sp aker inference has been encountered by the Committee PREMIER IN SHARP PASSAGE-AT-ARMS Mr Churchill's announcement of the names of the United Knudom delegates to the San Francisco Conference led to a sharp passage-at-arms in the House of Commons yesterday At one time the interruptions which arose out of the resentment of some Socialists that Mr Eden and not Mr liooks of the Day PERSPECTIVE OE THE WAR I tQlen II I IN I ii I I rlr graph Military tires indent From Tunisia to By Maj lien Uowan-Kobinson (Hutchinson 158) THIS book is tbi thud ol a senes It takes up the story where the nit hor AuchmlerK to Alexander had left if and continues it till mid June 1944 a week or so aftet Invasion Day The author devotes much of his attention to the domes ot British and Dominion forces He deals In detail with the victorious offensive which ended the Nor'h African Campaign vith the subsequent invasions of Sicily and Italy and with the fighting in Burma and New Guinea Nor does he omit the deleat of the U-boat or the Allied air offensive against Germany At the same time ne ensures a wide and balanced perspective bv describing adequately the operations ot our two great 'hose of the Russians from Stalingrad ro their winter offensive ol 1943-44 and those ol the Americans In the Pacific Gen Rowan-Robinson is a soldle: and popular Reform whose was published 2-Year Plan Test Orders in Jnlv 143000 Temporaries by oi ou Kti'Ktsi mi KSTM I NSTER Thursday A two debate on housing generally regarded as the severest inquest so far into the peace-time intentions began in the House of Commons to-day with a guarded statement by the Minister of Health Mr Willink on building prospects He said he would be disappointed if before the end of July contracts for a number of permanent houses had not been let by a number of local authorities A minimum of 145000 temporary houses would be built More lrbour will be switched fo framed of 600 square n-et They more square than the Eng lush types The aluminium house which factory-made to the highest degree i con ii account of the red army was appointed consider cer-the report of the on Electoral interim report yesterday The committi last November tain aspects of conference One recommendat should an offent subj4ct lo promote cas lrotn dom which to Edited by Cf fomichenko Uii tfordrt i I account un of the bovtet- Georgian luthor of i verv wide exiierience endowed with a heaven-sent capacity to the housing programme by pro- all these types mav cos marshal facts It is not surprising hiblting throughout the country 1 will help to bridge the Hie no rro hm i ii i tta'i i lie' i oil it cost war-time production I'll' BEING rsrH HERE in 11 ou It I 1 I IV WESTMINSTER Thursday Britain's industrialists are using what is useful ot 40fi enemy applications still at the Patents Office the Lord Chancellor Viscount Simon disclosed to the House of Lords to-day Enemy patents registered here he added were not likely to revert to enemy countries after the war It would be possible to place "the whole bag of tricks" with the Custodian of Enemy Property Lord Vansittart opened the debate by asking for assurances that use was being made of enemy patents and inquiring as to their future He said that what the Germans did before the war was to describe their inventions lor which they wanted patents in such vague terms as to give nothing away When oui inventors sought patents and described their inventions the Germans blocked their applications pretending their own covered those things I have known cases" he said where 11 has taken British firms 18 months ol protracted litigation to establish in the teeth of the most obstructive and treacherous opposition claims lor licences which ought never to have been in doubt Speaking ol German patents abroad he declared No neutral coun' ry has the right to shelter German patents any more than it has the right to shelter German arms and armaments" Ait- the war h- recalled -hat the Swxiish firm ol Bolois look in Krupps I hope we shall not tolerate am hing more of that cone lud id Find Out Real Owners Viscount Maugham suggested an inquiry to discover the real owners oi the patents sought here from abroad Steps should be aken to checkmate the operations ol future applicants tor patents "and to take away this property from their real German owners" The vagueness of the description of inim German-held inventions was fraudulent and there ought to be investigations to see whether some furiveIOmemh'SvnarhratuVe shoiV10 excePt licence private build in uuiv maintain the high quality which his preceding PMi volumes have works costing more than £10 Thus rule already are is 01 up to £900 gap between and peace-time arrangements in the aircraft industry Mr Willink s'ressed tha' the local authorities need b' no doubt as to the intention of the Government in regatd to temporary houses At least 145000 the number already allocated be produced Tips would make -he first large-scale increase 111 the number of houses and he appealed to local authorities to have the sites ready before the end of this vear Portraits PERCY COLSON OF AN ERA CLOSE iiacyon mn a vour verii 10- HUTCHINSON iPsUiihtn of Book Publisher! IS i is to expect There is but one word of criticism The author one (eels has not perhaps fully realised 'he magnitude of the problems ot man-power economics and shipping which mav face the Allies when 'kPV com 10 police the world during 'he long-drawn process of purging ft the evil Influence and armd eststance ot German and Jatianese 1 finer Aqmnst hnqlanri Bv Kurt SteeherL (Cape 12s fid) I he three against England ae the France ot Napoleon 1 the of the Fmpemr William II and the ermanv ot Hitler It is not as dis connected episodes however tha' author views the successive wars which he regards merev as the periodical crises punctuating the un ending struggle between two funda mentally opposed societies the democratic and maritime on the one hand aiTd on the other the total! arlan and continental In his book he traces the continuous develop men: of this struggle throughou-European history from the French Revolution until to-dav The book superbly translated bv Eden and Cedar Paul contains a lot of unusual nforma'ion in a readable form from the Prim bei So do we 1 MPs WANT DEBATE on Dotted Mr Attlie L)euut Prime Minister uiionmU Mi (iallavtUM Comm tha: the object of our delegations to the tsin 1 am is 0 Conn 1 cm wa to eu agreement on the charter ol world '-eeuritN organisation on the basis 01 Dumhai ion Oaks moiHistils aunole inenu-d by provisions agreed on bv th Crimea Conlcrencc about voting in the SecuriU Council It would be contrary to established isage to issue speeihc instructions lo delegations on otinu M' MOKLWYN HUOHSS SOC) Wll he Government take the opportunity ot gelling the views ol this Hou-e on he Dumbarton aks nropox belore we are committed at San Franct-co? Mr Attlei Unit is anothei mallei Any quest on regarding debates in the House is a matter lor the Leadei 01 the House Maj Cons Are we to understand that our representative aie going to San Francisco and will come to executive action with other Powers and return to thi House and ask tor a vote of confidence as ha-been done belore 1 Shall we he invited to sign on the dotted line without evci having been consulted Mr Am ee He is ouite wrong BANK FARM INCJI IRY Hearing in Public Mr Mokkison Home Se retary re-I ving to Mr Duckworth Coils 1 ad that he propo-ed to arrange for a tut inquiry 111(0 the circumstances which ed to the boarding out ii Dennis Terence O'NeiU at Bank Farm Minster ev and the steps taken to supei-vise their welfare "The inquiry will be conduct in public by an indriiendent and impartial person" he added and 1 hope to he able to announce the name in a few days Both of the local authorities concerned with the boarding ou: of the children have asked that there should tie an inquiry Remand Home Supervision Mr Mokkuon quest oned by Mr Keeling (Cons 1 as to what Mels he is taking on the recommendation me ('imni'ttee which reported on the LCC remand homes that some machinery for frequent consultation between jiarties interested should be operated his department said that preliminary talks which had taken place suggested there would tie no difficulty in making satisfactory arrangements for purpose He was not yet in a position to make a statement More Pay for Teachers Mr Bi riEK Minister of Education replying to Mr Llpson Ind 1 said that he had informed the acting chairman of the Burnham Committee that he had approved the scales of remuneration for teachers submitted bv them The new scales would operate from April 1 I Under the Burnham Seale which will remain etlectlve until March 31 1948 the minimum salary for assisiant leathers will he £300 a vear rising to CV25 and tor women £270 rising to £420 For head teachers the minimum will ranee in grades from £570 lor men and £400 for women I men HOUSE lenera lissi mo Wa lit ed The Socialist attack on both the sing Whr Pitt and Mr Willink's speech was opened by Gun wood who recalling the laic Mr Neville Chamberlain's reference to Bleak Hous in one of his Budge' speeches declared amid the cheers of his supporters This is even bleaker" He asked What is this White Paper? Chicken leed tor a hungry nation!" Thumping the Opposition Leader's despatch box he went on The time wasted on this problem the last three years will not be recoverable in he next ten years The situation German-held patents were valid ttlee is to lead the delegation amounted to uproar Mr Churchill said that the four principal delegates would be 'lr I (fi 1 an Mr Attlee Lord President the Council Viscount Cranborno Dominions Secretary and Viscount Halifax British Ambassador at Washington The delegation will also include: Mi GtORor Tomlinson Joint Parliamentary Secretary Ministry ot Labour: Miss Wilkinson Parliamentary Secretary Ministry ot Home Security Muss Horsbruch Parliamentary Secretary Ministry ol Health Mr Mahani Parliamentary Sect -tary Ministry of Food and Dincil Foot Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Economic Warfare Mr Churchtll added that the Foreign Secretary would lead ihe delegation Why Not Mr Mr Moelwyn Hl if there was any Attlee should no: lead he delegation Mr Churchill: The Foreign Secretary would the normal practice lead such a delegation and the Lord President of the Council would not in ordinary circumstances take 'he lead The ti'le of Deputy Prime Min ster is a courtesy title and one which has no constitutional authority at the present time He added I may say that in this Government while it lasts- I don't know how long it will last (Laughter Some of vou would not like It to last very long Some people like to fish in troubled waters" This remark was greeted with laughter and Socialist cheers and Mr Kirkwood iSoc said "You are No 1 fisherman Mr Churchill: I am no- afraid oi trouble In Administration Ministers have not been engaged on the meticulous pushing of their personal claims and questions of etiquette It was discussed with the Deputy Prime Minister and hp entirely agrees to the arrangement which was made He agreed to it because he Is not a selt-seeking man Mr Churchill added and always tries to plav the game and do the best he can 'he circumstances htch is very much to his honour as I shall always except at times when we have special questions of difference (Laughter' Election Assurance Mr Bellenger (Soc) In view ol the large number ol Labour Ministers that are included in this deputation may we have an assurance lrotn the Prime Minister that no General Election will take place in their absence? 'Laughter) Mr Churchill I think hatever happens we ought to keep it going until after the Frisco conterence Mr Aneurin Bt van 'Soci The Pnirv Minister will recognise with his comprehensive knowledge ol constitutional history that there was a very long time belore the Prime Minister's position itself was known to the British Constitution and in view ol the fact that throughout the war when the Prim- Minister has been absent the Deputy Prime Minister has acted in his stead will he explain why now the Prime Minister is no going to San Francisco the Deputy Prime Minister who has been active on his part is not leading the delegation? Mr Churchill The Secretary of State foi Affairs holds the seals ol Sta which mane him KI OVI Ks a British er eminent pout lv ish lo address or the electorate if 011 he found himself jury in attendance at il conference?" Tlus ion put bv the corneal: with include the halls lor election 1 xpenses and inadvertent is expenses returns and on of increased polling 1 rural areas The committee recommends that returns ol expenses incurred by outside persons or organisations should b- verified and transmitted to the Clerk ol the Crown in Chancery The candidate 111 nose support the expenditure was made and the constituency which he contested should b- stall'd with details of the nature ol the activities on which the money was spent It is urged that the position con-ciining fees should bt' regularised to restrain evasion of the law The committee says that such let's should be recognised as authorised expenditure and included under a separate heading in the election return of expenses VI 1 I KKORS The report contains a list ol inadvertent venial errors which it accepts as a lair and comprehensive category It foresees no difficulty in giving effect to the recommendation of the Speaker's Conference that provision should be made to enable relief in respect ol such errors in returns of expenses to be sought through a county court But it suggests a simpler alternative Where inadvertent errors are eonlessed by a candidate or his agent it is proposed that jurisdiction might well be entrusted in England and Wales to the acting returning officers and in Scotland to the ret timing officers There would be the safeguard of a ngfij ot appeal to the High Court and in Scotland to the Court of Session Tlic committee draws attention to a serious il perhaps temporary difficulty in obtaining suitable and adequate staff lor an expanded range ot polling stations This arises from the present scale of lees and the immediate d'diictton of income tax under the pay as you earn scheme Ixitd Simon reminded 'he House that a committee was at present considering patents law and among other things the prevention ol abuse ol monopoly rights The Patents Emergency Act which was passed soon after the outbreak ol war authorised the Controller-General oi Patents to grant licences to use patents designs and copyrights of enemies or enemy subjects in thus countrv When the patent secifieauon had been approved it became public Great use of thus method had been made bv our Industrialist Many patents had ceased because has been seriously mishandled 4 You cannot deal ith the permanent or the temiorary housing programme in this country unless you are prepared to face up to the control oi the us- 01 land The National Government were floundering because this question had not been dealt with There was no generalissimo ho could take charge ol the operation which the Prim" Minister had described as a military evolution Planning was essential and the man in charge ol the planning ought to have been sitting almost day bv day in consultation with people in ISStMl Jut Published a new novel by HITCHINSON INTERIM by the author of Shining Scabbard Testament etc 76 net new novels by ANNE DIFFIELD Taffv Came to Cairo 76 net DOROTHY BLACK Fantastic Journey ol tbr A ttory exodu from applies to London and parts ol SE England where it has helped to assure the winter target of war repairs to 719000 houses being achieved The debate which went on for eight hours included a demand bv Mi Key 'Soc that a mister of State for Housing should be attached to the Ministry of Health Before 'he debate started several members complained that no War Cabinet Minister was to take part Mr Churchill told them he had considered speaking himself I hold myself in the first degree responsible" ne said for meeting this urgent in relation to all our urgent needs but on considera-ion I nave decided that the matter would be adequately dealt with ov 'he Minister of Health the Secret" for Scotland and the Minister of Works and they are empowered speak with full authority on behalf ol the Government' Mi Churchill remained in the House lor only a few minutes of Mr Willink's opening speech NO FALSE HOPES Promises Will Be Kept Mr Willink said that the period ahead must be a time of the greates: difficulty they had ever confronted in housing In nearly six years of war house building had been at a standstill and damage had been id-spread They might reasonably hope soon to make an actual start on house building but there was bound to be a gap between the need for houses and our capacity to supply them have made no promise which we shall be unable to he averted Paper plans and compe-jtitive estimates unrelated to realities do not put rools over needy prople's heads They bring otilv iil will and disillusionment A programme beyond the capacity of i building industry might mean as it did in 1919 and 1920 that many houses are started and few are finished that prices are tore rapidly upwards and the programme downwards The only lair test to be applied to he Jovi i nment 8 plans was whetht i it was the best possible programme of actual home building that could be completed the first two vears after the deleat ol Germany bearing in mind that the war with Japan would continue to have first call on our resources and that there would be intense shortage of building labour and 4 six vears' accumula-rtion of ordinarv maintenance and repairs and war damage Bv this test he claimed that the programme of 220 000 completed houses plus temporary houses plus repairs was a tremendous commitment demandmg the utmost effort from evervone concerned TWO-YEAR PERIOD National Emergency It was lor this reason that the Government proposed to treat the two vears as a period of national emergency when emergency measures must be taken and to give to the improvement ol housing conditions the highes- priority among all our civil needs This would involve Extensive use ol abour-aavlng methods of construction Standardise on Use of labour and Industria capacity normafiy outside the building Industry Subsidies for local authorities and private enterprise: Control of contracts on private account: and Control of prices ot materials standard components and fitments Even so the Government did not believe that they could put before the House a larger programme capable ol achievement than that set ou: in ihe Win Paper Of course if more houses could be built they would be built The hop- of building the labour force to 800 000 in 12 months instead ol the two year previously estimated had 0 be balanced against 'he addi-tioi a I total loss of 26 000 houses and 56 000 made uninhabitable duruig h- as' year In the light ot these lacts they could no: alter the target fixed a year ago Viceroy's Visit the building industry manufacturers renewal les had not been paid Enemies obviously could not pv the fees in war Supplies for Islanders The Earl of Munstfr replying to Lord Portsea said that arrangements were being made lor lie despatch to the Channel Islands ol a wider range ol supplies such as flour and sugar The Government had no reason to think that the supplies carried by the ship Vega were not sufficient lor leednig civilians or that it was no! being properlv distributed Fuel lor which the need was great would be sent as soon as a vessel could be obtained Clothing footwear and oilier miscellaneous supplies would be sent shortly It was the Government intention to restore to the islands their customary forms of government and every encouragement and assistance would be given to that end and local authorities II after six years of war people lound themselves without shelter over their heads next winter there might be very grave social disturbances Capt CoRf 'Cons' said it was a generally accepted view that no real progress would made until there was one Minister having sole responsibility for housing Buildurs an Do It Mr Qi'iblll 'Soe himself a builder was confident that th building industn could solve the housing problem in the mam ll they were given the bricks timber and the labour Calling for a long-term programme ol 7000000 houses in the next 15 rears Mr Hokalin Lib 1 said to approach the problem in am other wav was to cxiurt disaster Mr Erskine-Hill 'Cons) 80 Ml Burma described the White Papet is a gallant attempt to patch up a leaky utensil I believe that sooner or later it will become apparent that the only solution for an adequate and effective machinery is that ol a one-Minister responsibility just as certainly as it became apparent that the Ministry DAWN BRF KS IN MEXICO for doi hlk DAY-SI 1 1 ru PLAN Lt-Col Oslialde-ton Mitford It's Hnppentnq Aqain By Ernest Troughton (Gifford 7s fid) Wha Mr Troughton declares to bt happening again is the foment ng bv Germany or her agents Ol 'rouble between the Allies now tha' 'he difficulties of post-war settlemen' are in sight together with the innate British unwillingness to deal ruth essiv with a beaten enemy How It 1 1 opened before is re-told with much new material gathered bv Mr rrough'on as a member of the Inter Allied Rhineland Commission pro German fables about the occupation of the Ruhr for instance are ex Dosed and the reality of the move ment for a Rhineland Republic is nsis'ed upon Those who played-mnocentiv or otherwise the Ger man game in 'his country arc de nounced and we are warned agains the beginnings of a similar tendenev now Total war it is urged must be followed bv total peace The book is a compendium of the arguments lor destroying everv passi bilitv of Germany "winning the peace Hrqond the Hurmn Road By Alan Houghton Brodrick (Hutchinson 16s) Mr Brodrick's tout of the countries -outh ol the Burm Road will have a special appeal to the soldiers in the Far East as well as to readers at nome The author writes with the authority of first-hand knowledge and an understanding of the people In the second part of the book Mr Broderick deals with the Japanese menace th' situation In China and the economic problems of the whole of South Eastern Asia Ifaun llrraks in Mexico By Lt-Col Osbaldeston Mitford (Cassell 9s) Mexico writes 'he auih-most fascinating land in whicn I ver travelled He was attached tc he British Legation and during his me: all classes ot people from Resident Colics to the remou Li: ahumare Indian on the Sierra i vladre mountains He wrres simplv I ind directlv and Is critical of the static quality of the British colonv in Mexico Col ford deals under -andtngiv ith he enlightened step hat have been taken to bring llbertv all classes in the country The Sun in the Sands By Hcnrv Williamson (Faber 8b fid) Ten years aeo Mi Williamson wrote this autobiographical storv of rv- post-war years to 1924 and the txk was reject -'d bv an American pub isher because it was dated" It dealt vvth the years following the las' war when he was finding his feet as an author and feeling his an odd naive voting man In a rather strange world Most of the time Mr Williamson lived in a Devonshire co' ace which he rented for £5 a vc a' There are holidays in Essex and at the end a delightful account ot a trip the Pyrenees with two identifiable as I 1 companions easin' The people their mode of life the political difficulties the country's aspirations lor the future 9-net WOMEN AS FKS The only women Fellows of the Royal Society were elected yesterday They are Mis Kathleen Lonsdale who has made outstanding contributions to the investigation of -rrri the crystalline structure of organic ot Supplv was ssentiai to cop wi ll compoUncj5 bv x-rav analysis and ar nrnhVnu Miss Marjory' Stephenson a pioneer her own branch of bio-chemtca! war problems Mr Hubbard Soc said that at this Mi FaiiNWEii 1 So- 1 a-kd the Secretary for India he would take onDor-lunity of the presence of Lord Wavell Vlceroj of India to dlacuaa with him the desirability of the release ol political prisoners India Mr Amcry replied that all political issues would ie discussed Despatches After War Mr Aitlee to'd Mr Beienger iSoc that Mi despatches have been received lrom comnwinders in the held since the beginnna ol the wu and two have been published There oo much gong on at the pre-cnt time" he added to publish a despatches but after the German war is over the matter will be reviewed so far as Furope Is con-I cerned 50000 Outside Building Mr Bevin of Labour re-plvtn to Mr Butcher iLib Nat said lit was estimated that approximately iKlOOU of the craftsmen in the butd-ing in rrd-1940 were in employed in other industries excluding civil engineering Presen arrangements provided for the return 10 the build ng industry as lihev become available of men with prev ious experience in -ki led building occupations bom belore 1910 An extension of the-- arrangements was under consideration Mr Bevis told Mr (Cogs that during 1944 14000 men weroT-o-rruitod to the Forces from the huld-ing industry mending 8 000 from eraf tsmen occupations Mt Bevin tod Mi Bos om Cons ihai between 7 000 and 8 000 Italian prisoners ql war in ths country had given 'he: previous occupation as thai the building industry Approx-matelv 2 000 were engaged on building work for the Servxe departments and a lurther 1500 had been allocated for building work In London in connection w'ih war damage repairs stage of the war the Government should decide that no more apprentices of the workers in the building trade should be called to the Forces LAND NOT TROUBLE Shortage of Labour aspe 01 'he problem Scottish EXCELLENZ by VValdeck responsible lor the conduct oi foreign affairs and lord President of the Council which is the capacity in which Mr Attlee elected logo is not smiharly charged in the Constitution Mi Bi: an That is no: an answer at ail RETORT TO MR SHIMVELL Tried to Break Government Mr Shin well quin (Soc 1 Is it not all onsistent with hus declaration bv Gal 'ache :1 1 Soc Mr and Mr Watson research Previously the only woman elected since the society was established in 1612 was Queen Victoria Eighteen other candidates whose names were given in The Daily Telegraph on March 15 were also elected CiAitinued from preceding column 1 porarv shelter necessitated bv the war should be a national and not a local charge Poplar Council he said had asked lor 2000 temporary houses and they would mean an increase ot 8d in the rates Westminster had asked for 50 and to meet ihe cost it would mean levying a rate of l-75th of a penny People 111 Poplar were tints to can a burden 600 times greater than that of the citizens oi Westminster Sir Jonah Wai ki r-Smith (Cons who contended that it was only in a free atmosphere that industry of any kind could flourish urged the Government to liberate private enter-and "let loose thousands of iil rule Germain after the 'i'- Countess Waldeck 'author ol i-ienr Palace Bucharest discusses truest ion with an impressiv of new and fullness ol oi-xlgf of the mam personalities' -Dcilji Telegraph bl ti'tion stock Os 6d net BLOOD AND banquets were dealt (Com' Mi Macmillan (Soc In reply Mr Johnston Secretary of State for Scotland said it had been suggested that all Ministries with an interest in housing should be canalised Would this add to the number of houses built? Mr Greenwood had said that the fundamental difficulty was the control and use ol land In (act site? had been approved in Scotland lor 112000 houses and in England to: 570000 In Soo' land the houses built in the peak year 1938 totalled 26 000 Therefore in Scotland sites Father to Son INUUIKY Bv Our Own Representative WESTMINSTER Thursday Mr Tomlinson Parliamentarv Secretary to the Ministry of Labour announced in the House of Commons late to-nght the setting-up of a departmental committee on double dar-shift working Under the chairmanship of Prof Brierlv and with Dr Barnes ol the Ministry of Labour as secretary the committee would inquire into the economic need for and the social consequence of a double day-shift system in the manufacturing industries Mr Tomlinson as speaking on the labour problem in the industry a subject raised on the motion for the adjournment bv Mr Hammersley (Cons who said that thev could not get people back lrom munitions to cotton by the same instrument of financial inducement which took them away If thev tried to do this is would kill the export trade in cotton goods stone dead Mr Tomlinson replying stressed the need for improving conditions in the industry in order to encourage the intake of Juveniles It had been agreed that withdrawals ol operatives lrom other essential occupations should take place without prior substitution The House tose at 11 49 modkiun 1 s( The London Contemporary Music Centre marked its return to active life bv sponsoring a recital of modem French songs superbly sung by Pierre Bemac at the Cowdray Hall last night Mast of them were specimens of the art of comiwsers familiar to English audenoea Poufinc (who accompanied Bemac Georg- Auric Jean Francaix and Henri Faugnet One looked forward with special interest to a group by Maurice Jattber: a young musician killed on the Vosges front in June 1940 and reputed to be one of the most rtchlv endowed French composers ot his generation It would be difficult however to build a reputation on his four occupational songs lrom Provence charming though they are Judgment will still have to be reserv'd In th' interval Prof Den' paid tribute to the Edwin Evans chairman of the Centre and one of its founders A Bella had been secured for a years pro gramme at that radndm England Plllmgabli and xperienced minds we'eK up the h'' production of houses es mat were nuiun H(i alleK(xl through had 10 700 sites I management only 30 p-r cent of the value ol the labour employed on bomb for not matter In Scotland there were another 10700 sites in ipi Mr in 11 11 1 in writ ten eplv to Maj Randolph Churchill (Cons who had asked if to avoid confusion ho would instruct Government depart-men's to adopt the Army system of notation for dating letters said Uniformity of notation and nomenclature is of course of high value between Allies and in war and progress has been made in many directions 1 am not aware of any serious difficulty tha: has arisen in 'hs particular instance hut inquiries will be made 'Armv notation for to-day be 23 March 19451 well-known Journalists He aso Repair Target Assured The winter target of repair writes at unnecessary length about '-e oooss that Germany tocetl 7 0 and 4 Among the best a Tht hue come out war this one a less observer 3d most reveal Literary Sup of London but th-- Conservative conference tha: the Conservative party having got all thev wanted the way ol assistance and guidance in the war are now going to get everything which is use-ful in their own hands? Mr Churchill: I never said that There could hardly be anything more unfair 01 1 more characteristic utterance than that Speaking amid cheers and counter-cheers Mr Churchill added He has done everything in his power to break up this Government and hopes to gain after its dissolution what he would never gam while national affairs predominated in men's minds Anv fair-minded man would say that the' Socially' party have had fair representation Mr Shinwell: Not lrom you Mr Churchiii added I am the person responsible for nominating this delegation and they have fair representation in this delegation Mr Bcvan said that There was interruption at thus point and Mr Churchill retorted People have a right to live even if thev don't agree with the hon gentleman" Reception" Mr Churchill added tha! there was a large proportion ot Socialist members in the delegation and added 1 must say I think it is a churlish manner lo receive a statement of thus kind All in colleagues are in full agreement I do not mean ith all I have said now 'laughter' -but with the statement on the delegation' Mr Bellenger 'Soc': I it in I 1 unworthv motives to any the Prime Munster has imputed to Mr Srunwell? Mr Shinwell: I prefer it that way for anv member to impute such member as nock LEWIS -T' end Personality 15 1 serviced with of being serviced a total of In England the figures up to 86000 Therefore it was not sites nor the of sites that caused 'he in hLs view the delay arose because of the labour shortage and until they could get an labour lorce no amount ol le-arrangement would ol itself solve the aim was to raise the United building force lrom the total of slight lv over 000 to 1250000 This was to be bv adult training schemes and measures to and conditions ol apprenticeship for Housing Ki (Soc 1 said that the of Health should be responsible for housing There should be Minister of State for Housing 10 the Ministry of Health argued that the cos: of um-( mil mill'd on next column damage was being utilisi'd Much ol it could be diverted to house building Mr Astop (Cons 1 who rose to speak at 104a pm said It is slightly significant that at this hour when no one who speaks has the slightest hope of being reported in hp Press that House is almost entirely filled with Tories" (There were in the House four members on the Government Front Bench 10 Conwrwtlwi three Socialists two Independents and one Commofi Wealth member' Mr Taylor Soc: How many cars have vou got outside Several Conservative members retorted We have got to walk home Sir Dymoki White Cons Sir Austin Hudson tCoiis' Mr Bull 1 Const Col Guest (Cons' Col Lyons 'Cons' Mr Davies Mr Linstead 'Cons and King-Hall 'Ind Nat' also tSoc' Cmdr vouthfui and innocent love affairs fhe whole thing is verv ingenuous Elizabeth Hair by Herself Introduced by Eric Gillett (Faber 10 6d) This curious autobiography ol a otiiiu woman who was born in 1783 and who lived bevond the first half 0 th" 19 hcenturv has already been induced to the public over the wireless It is curious because the ess wrote he: storv in the clos-ing vei ol her long life when no: at taid to unreticent she retained a mitiut" memory of the most trivia! incidents ol her young days It is also curious because 11 combines an a most childish lack ol proportion with a maiute gift of clear and well-worded self-expression The ongina cop ol the book mav be gauged from he fact that its editor nas had to cut or some 50 000 words to make it manageable and not to extinguish sympathy for the persistent and undeserved ill-fortune of the writer Points from Replies Mr Bevin repying to Mr Ellis Smith iSoc 1 The Government's policy in regard to the giving of a holiday on the termination of hostilities in Europe is under consideration but 1 am not yet in a tosltion to make a statement Mr Morrison replying to Maj Matiningham Buller icons The police estimate tha' 50 000 bicycles were stolen In 1944 Mr Amiky repying to Mr Astor (Cons 1 Lt -Gen King the Prime Minister's persona representative on Armv welfare In India vvil short lv be return ng to Biitain on 1 brief visit to reiort progress Sir John Anderson repying to Dr Summerskill Soe For income-tax purposes I would not regard a wife a an employee merely because she answers her husband hone rails or takes his messages unique power an attractive mg quest" 2 1 6 net net 3i 6 net 8s 6 net 2s 6 net 2s 6d net Of Pon 1 1 U' Tan 6koviour bles ltd spoke The debate was adjourned until to-morrow l(i DEBATES lvi'Rinx7 1 rii tip match on Park ground FRANK BITTERS DERBY ULTS Injuries prevent TO 1111 IKS OF FOOD CONTI ENT 719 000 homes Greater was going to be achieved would b- repair to a standard which was bar lv tolerable In the months immediately ahead the verv grave dispvritv between the housing condi- delay 1 10ns in Greater London and the rest plllvv of the country must be reduced There would be the highest priority for whose moderate-sized houses had been destroyed by the enemv and who were entitled to a cost ol works payment These rnigh number 50 000 Prefabricated House Tests Dealing with the programme tor permanent houses Mi Willink said that during this year groups of o0 or more prrmanrnt pretabricaiPd houses were going to be built tin Ministry ol Works co-operation with firms and local authorities Conservatives cheered when Mr Willink said 1h Government do not tail to appreciate the widespread desire for house ownership or its social advantages Private enterprise owns siu that are fully develop'd and there will be few ii anv areas in which it will not1 be' eminently desirable that the private house-builder should get hus jj The local authority he proof dd would be the principal agency ol th Government Councils alreadv owii-hI lunrt sufficient tor over iUUlHJO housesMav-out tor 1(0000 had been prepared sites for 36000 were dev e-loped with roads and contracts had been the development Ol d6 000 n01 For 1 his work ot developin' lit th high -si possible priority headquarters priority had been given TEMPORARY HOUSES £800 Maximum The Minister then gave the tollow-mg pvrticulars ot the house programme which he sa cl the Government still considered essential I'm-eo A i con and Tarran house will form the bulk ol production and Jie Ministry ol Works has uac' firm ders lor thes1 three types With one exc'ptton the Government has rejected anv which appeared likely exceed the price ol £800 over all It ts confidently hoped that 'he average will work ou: a- considerably less Experience suggests that temporary houses will take about 700 site man hours -one-third ot the time for traditional construction The firs: American houses are expected arrive in May They will be timber- process 21200 totalled servicing added problem The Kingdom pre-war 1 000 don- special Improve Minister Mr Minister a attached He Two 1940 the ot th Frank The Khan's more owner btu Mahmoud Bur pro Paper Butt a- a I wa Wegh: hen- named and re-prei Paper Colorado App -oar to he I- Khan it? ll Our Political Correspondent A debate on subject of supplies liberated coun-ties will arise in le House of Common ard tnu Garton-Sprenger from eading a fully repre-sentatve Oxtord Past and Present team The hospitas provide a good -prinkitng of the sides Kar'v in 'he the Australians gvmg a dcghtfu exanip of team work hea- the New Zealanders by The a'tei hope to reverse that verdict MeKente back hLs A-Bck lorm a- a forward and Goddard now a top-class centre the potentialities of the side are ncrea-ed 'ITie Austraians have al-o a numbe a- p( rformers Nicholis their captan is a host in hunsef whe'her a- a bacit row forward or as a wing Slmmond- ts a dangerous wrg ind Sehu: an aceompished Rugby League centre Bv 6 Legers with Turkhan in and Tehran last year represent war-rime classic successes Aga Khan and his trainer Butters that four oi the Aga cots hav- a ready been supported lor the 1945 Derby suggests hope than confidence the will add to the great record up by Blenheim Bahrain and 'tahe ha- anothei arid 'tibv stoutei to u- how Weight owned A red 'Ihe colt had penty The colt had penty won five Gov Ik l)l Kx KI I I KS the 101b eewav on hi stable com panon Paper Weight Fordhain ikey to lx Butter- representative in he 2000 Guineas on May 9 Darbhanga bv Dastur- Mumtaz Begum won thrie times as a wo-vear-o He mav gain more successes over -bort -once- The other two ichehi ue Peter Nlah Mahi arc L- ahan Turkhan a are unkn wn quantitle-Tornadc cot owned by Dco'hv Paget and second tavourue lor the Derhv na- been named Sun Storm He has oeen enteied lor the Upper Sixpenny Stakes a race to be run Windsor on Aprl 14 mere wt be 10 rare- at Ascot on Ea-'e: Monday s-artng at noon Card- on ihe Lincolnshire Handicap 2000 Guinea- and Derby will he called ovr: at the Victoria Club London on Monday 3 pm Nicholson- d- at Chetenham to-morrow are: Wes- Fell (21 Adams Budge 2 30 Poet Prince i3 Firoze Dm 3 0 Kpper Kite (4 Jack Pugh i4 30 ght Commander (5 Rine'''s mount-- aie: Fair Proof 2' Vbion (2 30 T-Ohin (3 30 Tahora 4 Jack Tar 4 30 and Mvthom i5 DOYIINIONS (I I' KI (BY Rl( IIYIOND IB Our sm ial oirespumlent agbv matches of unusual at'rac-tion are beng -taged to-morrow at the Richmond Aihctic Ground and the Deer Park Pa-t and Presen: avers of Oxlord and Cambridge have a trial of strength ai the former and he New Zeand Servces and the two-year-old and wha mwsw ony -d Dante in the Free Hand cap revved by Paper very much iupred by uaper lit now pi poises' on hand evidence lrom Mi lee lit Deputy I rime Minister aiding lood conditions in liberated Western Europe may be able still further to clarify through its sXkes-man the present situation On Thursday the House will adjourn for the Easier recess after questions have been taken and disposed of The adjournmen will last until April 10 Further information on Government police regarding the care ol children mav b- forthcoming in the House of Lords on Tuesday for which da- D' Denman has a the piper regarding and homeless children sdav the subject of the sco Conference will be tv San I JOE FIR RAN MNS Joe Curran of Liverpool and the RAF official contender for the word fl wegh championship deeated Mickey Tone- of Southend and the Kov Nav on potn a 0-round coruest at Liverpool Stadium ast nght Jone- was down in the fourth fifth and sixth round KMi BOXING TITIU" Sgt lns-r Parker 1 amateur veght SM 1ms-1 1- Shack -on 'amateur ct serw( j- (nd Sgt In- Tom Smith protessiona lightweight deiend their tiies in Army txixing chajnpionshps at Be Vue Manchester next Thursday Rllm Albrow who won the ban-mi weight- H-t year ha qualified lor the final ol the leathers running when he won the Drvvnur- Stake- over -even furong-ol Bunburv Mile Giving ih he Queen Christina cot 1 now Christie and Mdas bv a eng-h three-quarers of a enath ivcl Weight onv rasHir engagement is the Derhv His breeding Kid- Art Pape doe' no a to a the experts The fsu remain- that he won a hi- race-as aving on He eems re a ahe to get the Derbv cour-e would he -heer guesswork to attento- to name the pick -he A-a -io ta Fordham by Maud ha a good pubuc discuss in the Upper House The deo-a wll arise on a motion in name of Viscount Temple wood nd a Government statement mav oc mad in tnticipation of a lurthir -t 'he Ho 1 i' he Easter recess 1CLTF meet in IMt I -Dominions.